dot.LA Dives In: Frame Co-founders Discuss How They Built the Mental Wellness Network
Kelly O’Grady, chief host & correspondent for dot.LA speaks with Kendall Bird and Sage Grazer, co-founders of mental wellness network, Frame, which seeks to help people find a form of therapy and a therapist.
Podcast: Biotech in LA & how founders not in health-tech should raise during COVID
In this episode of Fundraising Radio, BioscienceLA CEO David J. Whelan explains how founders working in bioscience and health tech can use this pandemic to their advantage during their fundraising and how other founders should adjust.
Kernel Raises $53M to make the Human Brain Easy to Read
Rachel Uranga of dot.LA reports that Kernel announced Thursday it's raised $53 million in a Series C round led by General Catalyst with other investors including Khosla Ventures, Eldridge, Manta Ray Ventures, Tiny Blue Dot and Kernel founder and CEO Bryan Johnson. Kernel is working to make the human brain, with all this inner workings, easy to read.
LA-based Xencor and Atreca Enter Strategic Collaboration
On July 8, 2020, Xencor, Inc. (NASDAQ: XNCR), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing engineered monoclonal antibodies for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases, and Atreca, Inc. (Atreca) (NASDAQ: BCEL), a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing novel therapeutics generated through a unique discovery platform based on interrogation of the active human immune response, announced via Business Wire that the companies have entered into a collaboration and license agreement to research, develop and commercialize T cell engaging bispecific antibodies as potential therapeutics in oncology.
LA County's strategy to support local biotech startups
In a recent article reporter Rachel Uranga of dot.LA explores the efforts and investments made by the County of Los Angeles to grow the bioscience ecosystem in Los Angeles, including its recent $15 million matching loan to MarsBio, a venture fund focused on early stage bioscience startups.
CHOC Children's Research Institute & University Lab Partners launch high school STEM program
The CHOC Children’s Research Institute and University Lab Partners (ULP) have come together to developed a new science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) program - the Medical Innovation and Entrepreneurship. This program is geared towards inspiring Orange County high school students to become the next generation of biotech innovators.